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Start the Wizard and Specify vApp Properties
In this first part of Data Director OVA deployment, you specify basic information about the product, including
its name, location, and storage.
Prerequisites
You will select the disk format for the vApp virtual disks as part of deployment. For information about the
supported disk formats and their trade-offs, see the VMware ESXi Configuration Guide or the VMware
Knowledge Base article Using thin provisioned disks with virtual machines.
Procedure
1 In vSphere Client, right-click the cluster in which to deploy the Data Director vApp.
2 Select File > Deploy OVF Template.
3 Answer the prompts from the wizard.
Wizard Screen Action
Source
Enter or browse to the location of your Data Director vApp OVA file.
OVF Template Details
Confirm the product information.
Name and Location
Specify a name and select the target datacenter for your deployment.
Resource Pool
Select the cluster to which you want to deploy this vApp. If you select the
cluster, the vApp is deployed to the cluster's root resource pool. If the cluster
has child resource pools, you can choose one of the child resource pools.
Storage
Select a destination storage for the Data Director files.
Disk Format
Select the disk format for the vApp virtual disks.
What to do next
Click Next to continue to “Specify Network Mappings and Network Properties,” on page 24.
Specify Network Mappings and Network Properties
As part of vApp deployment, you have to specify the vSphere Networks that Data Director uses for its vCenter
Network and its Web Console Network. You also have to specify the FDQN to connect to the Web Management
console and, if you are using static IP, the static IP address.
Prerequisites
Specify vApp properties in the Deploy OVF Template Wizard. See “Start the Wizard and Specify vApp
Properties,” on page 24.
Prepare your network setup worksheets. See the vFabric Data Director Worksheets.
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